A storm that developed in the Indian Ocean last month has become the longest-lasting recorded cyclone as of Tuesday, as it is forecasted to wallop Mozambique for a second time in just a month. Tropical Cyclone Freddy began in the Indian Ocean on Feb. 6, crossing the entire southern part of the ocean before making...
The White House on Tuesday would not deny that it is considering reinstating a policy of migrant family detention to deter groups from coming to the U.S. border. “I’m not going to go weigh in on rumors that are out there or conversations that are happening at this time,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters....
President Biden’s nominee to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) withdrew her name Tuesday after two years of partisan gridlock delayed her confirmation, the White House confirmed. “We appreciate Gigi Sohn’s candidacy for this important role. She would have brought tremendous talent, intellect and experience, which is why the president nominated her in the first place,”...
Cyndi Lauper is comparing Republicans' anti-LGBTQ legislation to persecution by Nazis under Adolf Hitler in 1930s Germany. “I believe you don't stop the fight,” the “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” singer and longtime LGBTQ activist said in a recent interview when asked to weigh in on a wave of proposed bills making their way across...
Documentarian Ken Burns on Tuesday said the bills that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is advocating for resemble the “Soviet system” in deciding what students are allowed to be taught in a classroom. Burns said during an interview on “CNN This Morning” that the “suppression” of ideas, where those ideas might lead and facts is...
James Taylor says he’s cautiously optimistic that he’ll be singing a victory song for President Biden’s reelection win in 2024. “With a certain amount of nervousness, I'm looking forward to it,” Taylor told ITK, when asked if he expected to be taking to the stage at another Biden inauguration after the 2024 White House race....
Lyrics from “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah” have been quietly removed from the set list of Disneyland’s Magic Happens parade, Variety reported.
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has agreed to testify before a Senate committee after weeks of a standoff between him and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), setting up a showdown over the coffee giant’s anti-union practices. Sanders announced Schultz’s decision to testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Tuesday — ahead of a...
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The Biden administration made news recently by compelling companies that want a piece of the semiconductor funding established by the CHIPS and Science Act to provide affordable child care to their workers. It’s a noble and important policy lever that is rightly being pulled to strengthen the manufacturing workforce and attract women to work in...
A fresh bout of heavy rainfall could increase flood risk in California later this week, as yet another “atmospheric river” sweeps through the region. A strong storm system over the Pacific Ocean will likely approach the Pacific Northwest coast on Thursday night and into Friday, dragging “an abundance of subtropical moisture” inland over Central California,...
A former White House official died on Friday after the business jet she was traveling on encountered severe turbulence. Dana Hyde, who served in both the Clinton and Obama administrations, was transported to a hospital in Hartford, Conn., after her plane made an emergency landing at Bradley International Airport, according to Connecticut State Police. The National...
Vice President Harris on Tuesday backed a lawsuit filed by five women in Texas over state laws that restrict abortion, reiterating that women should be in charge of their own reproductive health care. The five women, who are being represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights, say Texas laws meant they were denied abortions even...
A new study found that children of same-sex parents have home lives and outcomes that are as good or better than those of heterosexual couples. The research, published in the BMJ Global Health journal, analyzed 34 studies across countries where same-sex marriage is legal. In the study, they compared the development of children who were...
It makes the best business case for cybersecurity investment and coordination that we've seen yet.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will hold her daily press briefing Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. Jean-Pierre is expected to get questions about the killings of two Americans in Mexico, as well as President Biden's proposal to raise a tax on wealthier Americans to help ensure that Medicare remains solvent for the next quarter century....
No one who cares about America as a constitutional union should underestimate the danger Trump poses.
Melania Trump is backing congressional lawmakers' efforts to bring a monument marking the women’s suffrage movement to the National Mall in Washington. “Wonderful to see bipartisan legislation introduced in the House to help secure a monument on the National Mall,” Trump tweeted to her more than 2 million followers on Tuesday. A monument, Trump said, would “tell...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued to block a merger between JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines on Tuesday, contending that the deal would lead to higher fares and fewer choices for passengers. The department’s attempt to block the $3.8 billion deal, which would create the nation’s fifth-largest carrier, argues that the merger would hinder Spirit’s...
The bank SoFi is suing to end the Biden administration’s pandemic-era pause on federal student loan payments, claiming it is an overreach of power. SoFi, a personal finance company that sells products for student loan refinancing, filed a suit in the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia on Friday aimed at ending the...
"It's almost entirely white people that canceled me," Adams said Monday on "CUOMO."
The damage done to the once-solid blue-collar Democratic loyalties cannot be undone in one election, or even two or three.
China’s foreign minister on Tuesday warned of “conflict and confrontation” with the United States if Washington does not “hit the brakes” on its current approach to relations with Beijing. “If the United States does not hit the brakes, but continues to speed down the wrong path, no amount of guardrails can prevent derailing, and there...
The video is only three and a half minutes long. And yet, through this single ad and the response to it, we have front row seats to how what I call “the Certainty Trap” is destroying our political conversation. The Certainty Trap is a resolute unwillingness to consider the possibility that we’re wrong or that...
“They did not know initially that this was fentanyl. They were without a clue. For a period of time, they thought it was SIDS."
